| 25-6737 |
Clyde Pontefract v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2026-02-06 |
Pending |
IFP |
access-to-courts administrative-procedure-act equitable-relief first-amendment jurisdictional-standing standing |
1. When a Constitutional Right is being denied against a federal prisoner of the First Amendment Access-to~Court claim and he ask for Equitable Relief… |
| 25-6646 |
Noah P. Healy v. John A. Squires, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2026-01-22 |
Pending |
IFP |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-decision article-iii judicial-review statutory-interpretation |
Whether an Article III court may affirm an administrative agency decision while
dismissing unrebutted record evidence as "unpersuasive, " without pro… |
| 25-761 |
Novo Nordisk Inc., et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-12-29 |
Pending |
Amici (2) |
administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking constitutional-constraints medicare price-controls separation-of-powers |
The Inflation Reduction Act grants the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") unprecedented and unfettered authority to impose price contr… |
| 25-579 |
Department of the Air Force, et al. v. Prutehi Guahan |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-11-17 |
Pending |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-action cooperative-federalism environmental-review hazardous-waste resource-conservation-recovery-act |
1. Whether the federal government's submission to a state or territorial regulator of an application to renew a RCRA permit is "final agency action" t… |
| 25A539 |
Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. v. Rhode Island State Council of Churches, et al. |
First Circuit |
2025-11-07 |
Application |
Amici (3) |
administrative-procedure-act appropriations executive-discretion judicial-injunction nutrition-programs separation-of-powers |
Question not identified. |
| 25-540 |
Beyond Nuclear, Inc. v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-11-04 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-licensing congressional-action judicial-review separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation |
Do the Administrative Procedure Act and the constitutional separation of powers doctrine prohibit an agency from issuing a license conditioned on Cong… |
| 25A269 |
Department of State, et al. v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-09-08 |
Presumed Complete |
Amici (2) |
administrative-procedure-act agency-discretion congressional-appropriations executive-branch funding-restrictions judicial-review |
Question not identified. |
| 25-252 |
Jalina Fluellen v. David Krasn, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-09-04 |
Rehearing |
|
administrative-procedure-act article-iii-rights constitutional-challenge due-process judicial-procedure rule-5.1 |
1. Whether the District Court violated Rule 5.1 and due process by dismissing a constitutional challenge to Local Rule 26.1 without notifying the stat… |
| 25A227 |
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Global Health Council, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-08-27 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure-act executive-power impoundment separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation ultra-vires |
Question not identified. |
| 25-5332 |
Francisco Melgar Cabrera v. Christian Lepe, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-08-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure-act detention-review extradition-treaty federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation |
WHETHER: EXTRADITION TREATY VIOLATIONS
ARE COGNIZABLE UNDER 28 USC §2241(c)(3)
RATHER THAN UNDER §2255(a); A PERSON HELD
IN CUSTODY IN VIOLATION OF A… |
| 25-162 |
Tennessee v. Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-08-11 |
Granted |
Relisted (3) |
administrative-procedure-act circuit-split funding-decision medina-remand munsingwear-vacatur spending-clause |
1. Whether, pursuant to United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950), this Court should vacate and remand with instructions to dismiss the a… |
| 25-149 |
United Services Automobile Association v. PNC Bank N.A. |
Federal Circuit |
2025-08-07 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-decision arbitrary-capricious patent-challenge patent-trial-appeal-board |
"It is a fundamental principle of administrative law that agencies must treat like cases alike." Grayscale Invs., LLC v. SEC, 82 F.4th 1239, 1242 (D.C… |
| 25-28 |
Claude Franklin Sanders v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-07-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-filing federal-register income-tax jurisdiction tax-court |
QUESTION 1: Is the IRS required by 5 U.S.C. §552(a)(l) to publish in the Federal Register the places where federal income tax returns are to be filed?… |
| 24-7492 |
Tony Chaney v. Chicago Housing Authority |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-06-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment administrative-procedure-act agency-discretion due-process fair-hearing housing-rights |
Whether [H]ousing agencies that receives funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Affairs has the authority to unilaterally deny residents the… |
| 24A1106 |
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. American Federation of Government Employees, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-05-16 |
Presumed Complete |
Amici (1) |
administrative-procedure-act executive-order federal-workforce injunction reduction-in-force separation-of-powers |
Question not identified. |
| 24-1161 |
RunItOneTime LLC, fka Maverick Gaming LLC v. United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-05-13 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-procedure-act circuit-conflict federal-agency-action judicial-review rule-19 sovereign-immunity |
Whether Rule 19 requires dismissal of APA suits challenging federal agency action whenever a nonparty who benefited from that action asserts sovereign… |
| 24A1079 |
Kristi Noem, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security v. Svitlana Doe, et al. |
First Circuit |
2025-05-08 |
Presumed Complete |
Amici (7) |
administrative-procedure-act categorical-parole executive-discretion immigration-and-nationality-act judicial-review parole-revocation |
Question not identified. |
| 24A1064 |
Robert Mayfield, et al. v. Department of Labor, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-05-02 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure-act exempt-status fair-labor-standards-act legislative-vesting-clause minimum-salary-requirements nondelegation-doctrine |
Question not identified. |
| 24-1102 |
Citizens for Constitutional Integrity v. Census Bureau, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-04-24 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response Waived |
14th-amendment administrative-procedure-act agency-action congressional-apportionment mandamus-act voting-rights |
To apportion U.S. House of Representatives seats, the 14th Amendment, Section 2 (the Reduction Clause), and 2 U.S.C 6 require an additional procedure … |
| 24-6889 |
Benjamin LaCount, II v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-03-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure-act due-process judicial-review subject-matter-jurisdiction va-procedural-violations veterans-judicial-review-act |
Does the Veterans' Judicial Review Act (VJRA) bar judicial review of procedural due process and Administrative Procedure Act (APA) violations by the D… |
| 24A804 |
Maverick Gaming LLC v. United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-02-19 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure-act federal-rule-19 indian-gaming required-party sovereign-immunity tribal-state-compacts |
Question not identified. |
| 24A674 |
Executive Office for Immigration Review, et al. v. Al Otro Lado, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-10 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure-act asylum-seekers border-policy class-action-relief immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-law |
Question not identified. |
| 24-6243 |
A. K. Anderson v. Miguel A. Cardona, Secretary of Education, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure-act circuit-conflict civil-rights driver's-license due-process |
Did the Ninth Circuit conflict with a ruling from the Eighth Circuit as to whether his Appeal with the Department of Education should have proceeded, … |
| 24-693 |
Jake's Fireworks, Inc. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-12-30 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action civil-penalties judicial-review regulatory-compliance |
Through a series of Notices of Non-Compliance and related communications, Respondent Consumer Product Safety Commission determined (a) that Petitioner… |
| 24A549 |
James Harper v. Daniel I. Werfel, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, et al. |
First Circuit |
2024-12-05 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure-act cryptocurrency financial-privacy fourth-amendment john-doe-summons third-party-doctrine |
Question not identified. |
| 24-548 |
Arbor Global Strategies, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2024-11-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-decision inter-partes-review patent-trial-and-appeal-board prosecutorial-function separation-of-functions |
Whether Section 554(d) prohibits the same Patent Trial and Appeal Board panel from instituting and deciding inter partes review, because institution i… |
| 24A397 |
Jake's Fireworks, Inc. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-10-23 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-action consumer-product-safety final-agency-action judicial-review regulatory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 24A303 |
Arbor Global Strategies, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2024-09-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-adjudication inter-partes-review patent-invalidation patent-trial-and-appeal-board separation-of-powers |
Question not identified. |
| 24-300 |
Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. Shane Jeffries, in His Official Capacity as Ochoco National Forest Supervisor, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-09-17 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure-act administrative-record agency-action deliberative-materials judicial-review record-review |
The Administrative Procedure Act provides that courts "shall review the whole record" in adjudicating agency action. 5 U.S.C. § 706. Lower courts are … |
| 24-129 |
Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, et al. v. Smithsonian Institution |
District of Columbia |
2024-08-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act article-iii-standing benin-bronzes enslaved-africans ethical-return-policy long-term-loan mootness public-hearing-process repatriation smithsonian-institution subject-matter-jurisdiction title-transfer Whether descendants of enslaved Africans in the Un Whether the courts below improperly held the matte |
1. Whether subject matter jurisdiction exists over the Smithsonian Institution's repatriation of artworks to a foreign state under an Ethical Return p… |
| 24A7 |
Duke Bradford, et al. v. Department of Labor, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-07-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-determination employment-status judicial-review tenth-circuit worker-classification |
Question not identified. |
| 23-1361 |
William Edward Powell v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-07-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act circuit-split disclosure-refusal freedom-of-information-act internal-revenue-code judicial-review tax-returns taxpayer-disclosure |
Is § 6103 a specific statute displacing FOIA, so that the remedy for taxpayers to compel disclosure of their returns and return information is a suit … |
| 23-1353 |
Kansas, et al. v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-06-28 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-rule-making collusive-settlements federal-government federal-government-defense intervention litigation-strategy ninth-circuit standing sue-and-settle |
Did the Ninth Circuit err when it denied States with sufficient interests the ability to intervene as defendants after the federal government stopped … |
| 23-1348 |
In Re Charles Simon |
|
2024-06-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act all-writs-act civil-rights civil-rights-act-1964 due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure first-amendment judicial-impartiality judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation |
1. Whether the Three Judge Panel Two Page Order denied and rubber the Mandamus All Writs Act 28 U.S.C. section 1651, consolidated with the appeal, ign… |
| 23-1352 |
Holtec International v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-06-27 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action atomic-energy-act circuit-split hobbs-act nuclear-regulatory-commission nuclear-waste-policy-act standing statutory-interpretation ultra-vires |
1. Whether there is an exception to the party-aggrieved requirement of the Hobbs Act for an ultra vires challenge to an agency action.
2. Whether the… |
| 23-1292 |
Judy A. Brannberg v. Colorado Civil Rights Division, et al. |
Colorado |
2024-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act antitrust charter-school-regulation constitutional-review domestic-terrorism due-process employment-discrimination federal-rules-civil-procedure injunctive-relief school-district-authority whistle-blower |
The questions presented are:
Question One: Whether pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 65; Rules 22 and 23 of this Court; the All Writs … |
| 23-1059 |
Peter Williams v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-03-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-petition administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act clean-air-act due-process environmental-protection-agency epa-action petition-for-review standing statutory-interpretation timeliness |
1. Whether Williams could have petitioned for review using non-record rebuttal evidence within 60 days of EPA's initial action.
2. Whether the Act re… |
| 23-927 |
National Religious Broadcasters Noncommercial Music License Committee v. Copyright Royalty Board, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2024-02-27 |
Denied |
Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act burden-of-proof copyright-royalty copyright-royalty-board first-amendment rate-setting religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act webcasting |
The Copyright Royalty Board sets default royalty rates for webcasting sound recordings. Recently, the Board adopted rates requiring noncommercial reli… |
| 23-903 |
David E. Stone, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-02-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act bundled-mortgages executive-branch executive-branch-discretion income-tax internal-revenue-code mortgage-taxation sovereign-immunity tax-collection |
Whether the Commissioner, as an arm of the executive branch, has absolute discretion and sovereign immunity under the Administrative Procedure Act to … |
| 23-871 |
Lotus Vaping Technologies, LLC v. Food and Drug Administration |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-13 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Relisted (4) |
administrative-procedure-act arbitrary-and-capricious circuit-split comparative-efficacy electronic-nicotine-delivery-systems fair-warning flavored-products food-and-drug-administration marketing-applications |
Whether FDA's denial of Petitioner's marketing applications for flavored ENDS was arbitrary and capricious where FDA based the denial solely on a prev… |
| 23-799 |
Magellan Technology, Inc. v. Food and Drug Administration |
Second Circuit |
2024-01-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (4) |
administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking arbitrary-and-capricious circuit-split comparative-efficacy electronic-nicotine-delivery-systems ends-products fda-regulation marketing-authorization reliance-interests youth-access |
Whether FDA's denial of Petitioner's marketing applications for flavored ENDS was arbitrary and capricious where FDA based the denial solely on a prev… |
| 23-548 |
Jenny Schieber, et al. v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2023-11-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-discretion dispute-resolution executive-agreement international-executive-agreements judicial-review statutory-interpretation substantive-statute |
1. Whether agency adjudication rendered pursuant to an international executive agreement is subject to judicial review under the APA where: (a) Congre… |
| 23-533 |
Jack Jordan v. Department of Justice |
District of Columbia |
2023-11-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act civil-procedure due-process federal-appeals fraud judicial-misconduct misconduct rule-60-motion standing summary-action summary-affirmance |
1. Whether a US. Court of Appeals may preclude
appellant's filing of any brief and presentation of any
oral argument by merely asserting the vague con… |
| 23-395 |
Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al. v. Food and Drug Administration, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-10-16 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
abortion abortion-medication administrative-procedure-act drug-regulation fda fda-approval generic-drugs medical-safety mifepristone subpart-h |
1. Whether Cross-Petitioners' challenge to FDA's 2000 mifepristone approval is timely.
2. Whether FDA's 2000 approval of mifepristone under Subpart H… |
| 23-5680 |
Daniel Villa v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
District of Columbia |
2023-10-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action direct-evidence due-process judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation tax-court-jurisdiction tax-relief-and-health-care-act-of-2006 whistleblower whistleblower-award |
Section 704 of the Administrative Procedure Act subject's final agency actions to mandatory judicial review if no other adequate remedy exists in any … |
| 23-236 |
Danco Laboratories, L.L.C. v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Judgment Issued |
|
administrative-procedure-act administrative-record agency-deference article-iii-standing circuit-split fda-drug-approval judicial-review national-scope preliminary-injunction |
In 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Danco's drug Mifeprex for termination of early pregnancy based on the agency's expert judgmen… |
| 23-5545 |
Robert K. Decker v. Federal Bureau of Prisons |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts administrative-procedure-act amended-complaint amendment civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings pro-se-litigant |
Did the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals err in the decision to Affirm the United States District Court's decision in dismissing the case.
I.
Did th… |
| 23-135 |
Intel Corporation, et al. v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2023-08-15 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking inter-partes-review judicial-review patent patent-and-trademark-office patent-review statutory-interpretation |
Whether 35 U.S.C. § 314(d), which bars judicial review of "[t]he determination ... whether to institute an inter partes review," applies even when no … |
| 23-115 |
Fathi Elltaif Saad Elldakli, et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-04 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-action citizenship-and-immigration-services final-agency-action immigration-law judicial-review removal-proceedings status-adjustment |
Whether a status-adjustment decision by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services constitutes final agency action within the meaning of t… |
| 23A82 |
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Jennifer Vanderstok, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-07-27 |
Presumed Complete |
Amici (3) |
administrative-procedure-act atf-regulation firearm-definition frame-or-receiver ghost-guns second-amendment |
Question not identified. |
| 22-1220 |
Jeffrey A. Killian v. Katherine K. Vidal, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2023-06-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act alice-mayo-doctrine alice-mayo-test due-process federal-circuit patent-eligibility section-101 uspto |
I. Have the numerous departures of the Supreme Court's Alice/Mayo jurisprudence by the Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit (hereinafter "the Feder… |
| 22-1158 |
Lassana Magassa v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-05-30 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking constitutional-challenge final-order jurisdiction jurisdiction-stripping mcnary-v-haitian-refugee-ctr statutory-interpretation sts-redress-process |
Does agency rulemaking itself, like the STA Redress Process, constitute a final order under 49 U.S.C. § 46110, therefore stripping the district court … |
| 22-1112 |
Avail Vapor, LLC, et al. v. Food and Drug Administration |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-05-15 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (2) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act arbitrary-and-capricious evidence-standard evidentiary-standard fda fda-regulation marketing-authorization premarket-applications tobacco-product-regulation tobacco-products |
In 2016, FDA extended its jurisdiction over "tobacco
products" under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act to electronic nicotine delivery system… |
| 22-1106 |
Judy A. Brannberg, et al. v. Colorado State Board of Education, et al. |
Colorado |
2023-05-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act charter-school-rights civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review obstruction-of-justice retaliation school-safety state-board-decision |
Whether the last sentence of section Colorado Revised Statutes C.R.S. § 22-30.5-108(3)(d) —"The decision of the state board shall be final and not sub… |
| 22-1008 |
Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-04-17 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (15) |
administrative-procedure-act adverse-effect adversely-affected agency-action agency-rule circuit-split legal-wrong standing statute-of-limitations |
Petitioner Corner Post, Inc. is a convenience store and truck stop in North Dakota that first opened for business in 2018. In 2021, Corner Post sued t… |
| 22-1001 |
NST Global, LLC, dba SB Tactical v. Sig Sauer Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2023-04-14 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act burden-of-proof due-process federal-circuit federal-circuit-rule-36 inter-partes-review patent-construction patent-preamble patent-validity |
1. Whether the Federal Circuit's affirmance of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision that results from the Board's sua sponte construction of a… |
| 22-816 |
The School of the Ozarks, Inc., dba College of the Ozarks v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-02-28 |
Denied |
Amici (10) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act article-iii-standing enforcement executive-order fair-housing-act gender-identity notice-and-comment regulatory-enforcement standing |
1. Whether a notice-and-comment violation, on its own, can establish Article III standing for a regulated entity within the applicable zone of interes… |
| 22-708 |
Gripum, LLC v. Food and Drug Administration |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-01-30 |
Denied |
|
administrative-agencies administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-deference conflicts-of-interest evidentiary-requirements fda-guidance judicial-deference judicial-review regulatory-conflict tobacco-control-act |
(1) What level of judicial deference, if any, is afforded the determinations of administrative agencies which have a conflict of interest vis-à-vis re… |
| 22-703 |
American Petroleum Institute, et al. v. Environmental Defense Center, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-01-27 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action coastal-zone-management-act environmental-assessment final-agency-action oil-and-gas oil-and-gas-permits well-stimulation-treatments |
1. Whether a programmatic environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact regarding the hypothetical future approval of permits for oil … |
| 22-6567 |
Pedro Benitez v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-01-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act civil-procedure government-action judicial-review standing |
(1) When Petitioner's Attorney failed to cite Supreme Court Precedent Deon v United States (20M) in the district Court, did that failure deprive the D… |
| 22-565 |
USP Holdings, Inc., et al. v. United States, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-12-20 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-action arbitrary-and-capricious judicial-review national-security section-232 tariff-authority trade-expansion-act |
1. Did the Federal Circuit err in holding that the
Secretary's "final agency action" which determined that
imports of steel "threaten to impair the na… |
| 22-479 |
Steven Onysko v. Martin J. Walsh, Secretary of Labor, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-11-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-deference circuit-court-conflicts circuit-court-review safe-drinking-water-act standard-of-review summary-judgment whistleblower-protection |
With Administrative Procedure Act (APA) jurisdiction, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed U.S. Department of Labor, Administrative Review Boar… |
| 22-351 |
Charles Simon v. Department of Justice, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-10-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act arbitrary-and-capricious arbitrary-capricious civil-rights due-process inmate-compensation judicial-review standing |
1. Whether the Lower Courts ' unconstitutional
procedural departure conflicts with the prerequisite
demand pursuant several holding of United States… |
| 22-323 |
Oakbrook Land Holdings, LLC, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-10-06 |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
administrative-procedure-act charitable-donations conservation-easement conservation-easements income-tax-deductions judicial-review proceeds-regulation regulatory-process tax-deduction treasury-department |
Whether Treasury's failure to respond to comments raising concerns about the Proceeds Regulation, 26 C.F.R. § 1.170A-14(g)(6)(ii), violated the Admini… |
| 22-5710 |
Lisa A. Biron v. Colette S. Peters, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-09-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
accardi-doctrine administrative-procedure-act bureau-of-prisons discretionary-actions judicial-review prisoner-rights regulatory-compliance |
Are discretionary actions of the federal Bureau of Prisons ("FBOP") — an executive agency responsible for more than 130-thousand prisoners nation wide… |
| 22-5640 |
Larry E. Starks, Jr. v. United States Sentencing Commission, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-09-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure-act guideline-commentary judicial-review notice-and-comment sentencing-reform-act separation-of-powers u.s-sentencing-commission |
I. WHETHER THE SENTENCING REFORM ACT OF 1984 COMMANDS CONGRESSIONAL INTENT, THAT WHEN THE U.S. SENTENCING COMMISSION VIOLATES THE NOTICE AND COMMENT R… |
| 22-185 |
Mandy Mobley Li v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
District of Columbia |
2022-08-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action circuit-split internal-revenue-service judicial-review statutory-interpretation tax-court-jurisdiction tax-relief-and-health-care-act-of-2006 united-states-tax-court whistleblower-award |
1. Whether threshold rejections of whistleblower award requests are immune from the judicial review process established through the Administrative Pro… |
| 22-1 |
Lynn Brown, as Appointed Successor and Representative of Now Deceased Howard M. Berry v. Christine E. Wormuth, Secretary of the Army, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2022-06-30 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-review civil-procedure deference government-procedure judicial-review military military-deference standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA") incorporates a presumption of "unusual deference" in all cases involving the military. |
| 21-1526 |
Gilbert P. Hyatt v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action civil-procedure federal-circuit judicial-review mandamus-standard patent patent-office-rule standing summary-judgment |
1. Whether the ordinary summary judgment
standard of Rule 56 applies to review of agency action,
as held by the First, Fifth, Ninth, and District of C… |
| 21-1463 |
Missouri, et al. v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-05-19 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-procedure-act anti-commandeering reliance-interests spending-clause statutory-authority tenth-amendment vaccine-mandate |
1. Whether the Mandate violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) because it is arbitrary, capricious, and unlawful?
2. Whether the Mandate is u… |
| 21-1350 |
Jack Jordan v. Department of Labor, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-04-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-sanctions constitution constitutional-precedent free-speech freedom-of-speech judicial-review petition precedent strict-scrutiny |
1. Whether, in adjudications under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"), federal judges are free to flout and knowingly violate (and help administ… |
| 21-7372 |
Aaron Abadi v. Department of Transportation |
Second Circuit |
2022-03-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action agency-discretion discrimination-laws failure-to-act judicial-review mandamus petition-for-review standing unreasonable-withholding |
1) The 2nd and DC Circuits refuse to accept a petition for review for a
failure to act. They will only accept it as a writ of mandamus,
treating it as… |
| 21-1162 |
Erika Bailey-Johnson v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2022-02-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act court-of-federal-claims federal-jurisdiction injunctive-relief jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tohono-o'odham-nation tohono-precedent united-states-court-of-federal-claims united-states-v-tohono-o'odham-nation |
Should the Court revisit its holding in Tohono to determine whether, under 28 U.S.C. § 1500, a U.S. District Court action solely for injunctive or dec… |
| 21-1139 |
Daikin Industries, Ltd., et al. v. The Chemours Company FC, LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2022-02-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act agency-deference appellate-review factual-determination factual-review judicial-review remand separation-of-powers |
May a federal appellate court, consistent with the
Administrative Procedure Act and the principles of
separation of powers embedded within that Act,
r… |
| 21-7007 |
Amador Rodriguez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-01-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act fintiv-factors inter-partes-review patent-act patent-office |
Question not identified. |
| 21-915 |
Hugh McKinney v. Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the Army |
District of Columbia |
2021-12-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action arbitrary-and-capricious civilian-board deference judicial-review military-records standard-of-review |
Whether a civilian board's administrative decisions concerning the correction of military records pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 1552(a)(1) are properly revi… |
| 21-819 |
Baxter Corporation Englewood v. Becton, Dickinson and Company |
Federal Circuit |
2021-12-02 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act expert-testimony inter-partes-review ordinary-remand-rule patent patent-challenge prior-art remand-rule statutory-interpretation |
A petitioner may challenge an issued patent in an inter partes review (IPR) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, an agency tribunal, but "only on… |
| 21-205 |
Thomas Rimini v. Department of Labor |
Second Circuit |
2021-08-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act administrative-record default-judgment department-of-labor frap-17 local-rules res-judicata sarbanes-oxley subject-matter-jurisdiction |
1. Should an unopposed default judgement be granted because the Department
of Labor ("DOL ") did not submit the full administrative record to the cou… |
| 21-59 |
Carl Gordon v. Regents of the University of California, et al. |
California |
2021-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act administrative-record california-public-records-act california-state-law daca due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fraud-upon-the-court preemption |
After twice being ordered to and agreeing to do so, the Regents of the University of California (UC Regents) caused intrinsic and extrinsic fraud upon… |
| 20-8194 |
Irvin Moreno v. DeWayne Hendrix, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-06-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure-act bureau-of-prisons drug-trafficking nonviolent-offense sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation supervised-release |
Did the BOP violate the plain meaning of the relevant sentencing statutes and regulations by categorically disqualifying a prisoner convicted of a non… |
| 20-1535 |
Kevin Diaz v. Ashley Johnson |
First Circuit |
2021-05-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-action administrative-procedure-act agency-action apa arbitrary-and-capricious chevron-deference ex-parte-communication ex-parte-communications judicial-review statutory-interpretation technology tucker-act |
1. Whether the Lower Court erred in not admitting nexus evidence for administrative action taken under the jurisdiction of §§ 702 706 of the APA imple… |
| 20-1484 |
SFPP, L.P. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-04-22 |
Dismissed |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-decision cost-of-service interstate-commerce-act pipeline-rates record-development substantial-evidence |
Whether a federal agency, upon remand based upon an appellate finding that the agency's outcome is insufficiently supported, complies with the Adminis… |
| 20-7760 |
John Worthington v. Office of National Drug Control Policy, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action civil-procedure docket-management final-agency-action level-playing-field local-rule-7b official-capacity summons-and-complaint tort-claim tort-claims trial-court-arguments |
1. Whether the trial court erred by failing to apply local rule 7(b), the local "docket management tool", to keep a "level playing field."
2. Whether… |
| 20-1203 |
Moose Jooce, et al. v. Food and Drug Administration, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-03-03 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
administrative-procedure-act agency agency-law appointments-clause due-process government-action ratification ratification-doctrine rulemaking-authority standing |
Whether a government official has the power to validate the unauthorized actions of other officials is presumptively determined by the law of agency, … |
| 20-1026 |
Eagle Trust Fund v. United States Postal Service, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-01-28 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act article-iii executive-action judicial-review non-apa-review postal-reorganization-act usps-rules |
In two landmark suits against prior Postmasters
General, this Court set bedrock principles of judicial
review of executive action in equity. Kendall v… |
| 20-934 |
Haritha Samaranayake, et al. v. Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2021-01-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act due-process evidentiary-record federal-circuit patent separation-of-powers standing statutory-jurisdiction |
Whether, in creating the required evidentiary record de novo rather than merely reviewing the agency Record below, the Court of Appeals for the Federa… |
| 20-846 |
Club One Casino, Inc., dba Club One Casino, et al. v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-23 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act federal-enclave federal-trust-acquisition indian-commerce-clause indian-reorganization-act land-transfer state-sovereignty tenth-amendment tribal-jurisdiction |
A Nevada gambling corporation donated a parcel of private California land to the United States to hold in trust for an Indian tribe for an off-reserva… |
| 20-726 |
In Re Stephanie Michael |
|
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act forum-non-conveniens judicial-review mandamus qualified-immunity res-judicata va-benefits veterans-claims veterans-judicial-review-act |
1. Whether agency actions affecting the provision of VA benefits under applicable law may be reviewed by any other official or by any court of compete… |
| 20-562 |
John Yearwood, et al. v. Department of the Interior, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act appellate-procedure constitutional-claims district-court forney-v-apfel judicial-review national-importance res-judicata standing standing-to-appeal |
Whether the decision below denying the Petitioners' standing to appeal the district court's final judgment on their constitutional claims under the Ad… |
| 20-539 |
Oregon, et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-10-23 |
Granted |
Relisted (3) |
administrative-procedure-act affordable-care-act healthcare-access medical-ethics patient-provider-communication reproductive-healthcare title-x |
For fifty years, the federal government has funded family-planning and reproductive healthcare services for low-income and underserved patients throug… |
| 20-420 |
Jack R. T. Jordan v. Department of Labor |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act constitutional-interpretation federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence foia foia-review judicial-misconduct judicial-procedure judicial-review supreme-court-precedent |
1. Whether, under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), lower courts
may disregard, violate or change the plain language of the judicial review
pro… |
| 20-296 |
Christina V. Le v. Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act breach-of-contract civil-rights discrimination due-process eeoc-adjudication judicial-review retaliation settlement-agreement title-vii |
1. The circuit courts of appeals split on the issue of jurisdiction regarding breach of settlement agreement resolving discrimination charge under Tit… |
| 20-241 |
Jack Jordan v. Department of Labor |
District of Columbia |
2020-08-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action attorney-client-privilege circuit-court-review foia freedom-of-information-act judicial-review rule-60 summary-judgment |
To oppose release under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") of two emails, an agency asserted FOIA Exemption 4 based on the attorney-client privil… |
| 20-184 |
Jamel Ellerbee v. Annett Holdings, Inc., dba TMC Transportation, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-08-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
29-cfr-1987-110-b 49-usc-31105 administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act commercial-motor-vehicle due-process employee-retaliation equal-protection judicial-review statutory-construction transportation |
Whether statutory construction of 49 U.S.C. §31105 conflicts with judicial review, 29 C.F.R. § 1987.110(b), of the Administrative Procedure Act?
Whet… |
| 20-135 |
Customedia Technologies, LLC v. Dish Network Corporation, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-08-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-USC-101 Administrative-Procedure-Act Appointments-Clause Due-Process Leahy-Smith-America-Invents-Act patent-eligibility Patent-Eligible-Subject-Matter patent-trial-and-appeals-board ultra-vires |
1. Whether a court of appeals can invoke forfeiture to refuse to address an Appointments Clause violation in a pending appeal despite an intervening c… |
| 19-1194 |
Jiahao Kuang, et al. v. Department of Defense, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-04-02 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act,civil-procedure,due-p due-process equal-protection injunctive-relief judicial-review military-affairs standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
1. Whether courts can evade their constitutional and statutory duty to review military decisions under the so-called "Mindes test," or whether claims … |
| 19-1166 |
Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, et al. v. Bureau of Indian Affairs, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-24 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action civil-procedure consent federal-agency federal-jurisdiction non-federal-entity rule-19 standing statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements |
Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19 requires dismissal of an Administrative Procedure Act action challenging a federal agency's compliance with… |
| 19-1090 |
In Re Bahig F. Bishay |
|
2020-03-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action federal-jurisdiction judicial-review mandamus standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Against the backdrop of this Court's most recent guidance set forth in Weyerhaeuser Co., — where the Court held, to wit: "The Administrative Procedure… |
| 19-1009 |
Altera Corporation & Subsidiaries v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-13 |
Denied |
Amici (5) |
administrative-procedure-act arm's-length-standard chevron-deference cost-sharing rulemaking stock-based-compensation tax tax-regulation tax-treaties treasury-department |
1. Whether the Treasury Department's regulation is arbitrary and capricious and thus invalid under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 551 et s… |
| 19-930 |
CIC Services, LLC v. Internal Revenue Service, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-01-24 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (23)Relisted (2) |
administrative-agencies administrative-procedure-act anti-injunction-act apa-challenges direct-marketing judicial-review regulatory-mandate regulatory-mandates statutory-interpretation taxes |
Whether the Anti-Injunction Act's bar on lawsuits for the purpose of restraining the assessment or collection of taxes also bars challenges to unlawfu… |
| 19-796 |
Michael Cowels, et al. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-review arbitrary-and-capricious civil-rights dna-profile due-process fbi-determination federal-bureau-of-investigation national-dna-index-system pretext pretextual-basis pretextual-determination |
1. Whether a determination by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the "FBI") that a DNA profile is ineligible for upload to the National DNA Index Sy… |
| 19-6760 |
Ijaz Khan v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-11-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure-act constructive-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment indictment indictment-modification polygamy polygamy-charge |
THE INDICTMENT, AND WHETHER THIS CONSTITUTES A DOUBLE JEOPARDY VIOLATION N AS THE GOVERNMENT CAN LATER BRING A NEW CHARGE FOR POLYGAMY. |
| 19-517 |
Daniel Barbosa, et al. v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure-act agency-transparency civil-procedure discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception express-statement-requirement foia foia-publication-requirements freedom-of-information-act judicial-review mandatory-publication secret-law stafford-act statutory-interpretation |
The question presented is whether section 5148 bars review of claims that FEMA uses secret law in violation of FOIA's mandatory requirements. |
| 19-454 |
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-10-07 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act affordable-care-act agency-rulemaking conscience-exemption contraceptive-coverage contraceptive-mandate healthcare-mandate nationwide-injunction religious-freedom-restoration-act standing statutory-authority |
1. Whether the agencies had statutory authority under the ACA and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., to expand t… |
| 19-396 |
Charles Simon v. Department of Justice, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act civil-rights civil-rights-act discriminatory-practices due-process employment first-amendment judicial-review preliminary-injunction standing unlawful-termination |
1. Whether the Three Judge Panel's ruling invites judicial review for Petition for Writ of Certiorari where the ruling conflicts with the Supreme Cour… |
| 19-175 |
Brad S. Francis, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-08-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-misconduct appellate-procedure due-process jurisdiction notice-of-deficiency personal-jurisdiction reasoned-opinion statutory-notice subject-matter-jurisdiction tax-court tax-court-jurisdiction |
The Eighth Circuit has departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 47(a) and, in so … |
| 19-86 |
Maria Jordan v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-adjudication appellate-procedure arbitrary-and-capricious constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review |
1. Whether the Administrative Procedure Act, as applied to Petitioner by the Fifth Circuit, is unconstitutional.
2. Whether, when dismissing a petiti… |
| 19-23 |
Rockwood Casualty Insurance Company v. Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, Department of Labor, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-07-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act agency-regulations agency-rulemaking black-lung-benefits-act burden-of-proof due-process evidence evidentiary-standards regulatory-amendment standing |
Does requiring a wrongly-named Responsible
Operator to issue benefits to a Claimant with normal
pulmonary function and normal arterial blood gas
testi… |
| 18A1352 |
Damien Guedes, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2019-06-21 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-procedure-act chevron-deference criminal-enforcement machinegun-definition rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified. |
| 18A1222 |
Hotze Health & Wellness Center, et al. v. Environmental Research Center, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-05-28 |
Presumed Complete |
|
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action judicial-review regulatory-compliance standing |
Question not identified. |
| 18-1469 |
Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Casa de Maryland, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action agency-discretion deferred-action dhs-policy executive-discretion immigration immigration-enforcement immigration-law judicial-review policy-rescission standing |
1. Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable.
2. Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is lawful. |
| 18-1274 |
In Re Urvashi Bhagat |
|
2019-04-04 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
35-usc-101 administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act bilski-v-kappos federal-circuit-discretion graham-v-deere graham-v-john-deere judicial-discretion patent-eligibility patent-eligibility-35-usc-101 patent-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent uspto-discretion |
Whether the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) abused its discretion by refusing to allow claims that passed every single requirement o… |
| 18-1223 |
Mario Villena, et al. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2019-03-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
35-usc-101 35-usc-102-103 administrative-procedure-act alice-mayo-test judicial-review patent-eligibility patent-examination patent-trial-and-appeal-board preemption section-101 statutory-interpretation uspto well-understood-routine-conventional |
Is the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (Title 5 U.S.C. § 706) somehow nonrelevant under Alice/Mayo, or does the Federal Circuit's refusal to addres… |
| 18-1214 |
Wilbur L. Ross, Secretary of Commerce, et al. v. California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-18 |
GVR |
Amici (2)Relisted (2) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act apportionment-clause census-act census-citizenship-question census-data commerce-department commerce-secretary constitutional-authority constitutional-provisions district-court-injunction due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-injunction standing statutory-interpretation voting-rights-act |
Whether the district court erred in enjoining the Secretary of Commerce from reinstating a citizenship question to the 2020 decennial census. |
| 18-1192 |
The Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence v. California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act constitutional-rights contraceptive-coverage contraceptive-mandate government-mandate government-regulation health-care health-plans healthcare-coverage healthcare-law interim-final-rules national-importance religious-exemption religious-exemptions religious-freedom-restoration-act religious-objection standing |
Since 2011, the federal courts have repeatedly considered whether forcing religious objectors to provide health plans that include contraceptive cover… |
| 18-966 |
Department of Commerce, et al. v. New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-01-25 |
Denied |
Amici (52)Relisted (3) |
administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-apa agency-decision agency-decision-making census discovery executive-branch standing |
1. Whether the district court erred in enjoining the Secretary of Commerce from reinstating a question about citizenship to the 2020 decennial census … |
| 18-795 |
William J. Bush v. Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-records chevron-deference circuit-split de-novo-review due-process foia-request freedom-of-information freedom-of-information-act freedom-of-information-act-foia |
Whether the Eighth Circuit's standard for agency records pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. §552 et seq., that an agency must… |
| 18-722 |
Soundboard Association v. Federal Trade Commission |
District of Columbia |
2018-12-06 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (4) |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking arbitrary-and-capricious chilled-speech chilling-effect federal-trade-commission judicial-review protected-speech rulemaking staff-advisory-opinion |
Do Petitioners have a right to judicial review
under the Administrative Procedure Act of a Federal
Trade Commission staff advisory opinion that effect… |
| 18-599 |
Wi-Fi One, LLC v. Broadcom Corporation, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-11-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-315b administrative-law administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-apa indemnity-agreements inter-partes-review inter-partes-review-ipr judicial-review patent-law patent-trial-and-appeal-board patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab standard-of-review time-bar |
1. Did the appellate panel below err by disregarding 5 U.S.C. §706 and instead applying the Federal Circuit's "abuse of discretion" standard of review… |
| 18-588 |
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2018-11-05 |
Denied |
Relisted (5) |
administrative-law administrative-law-review administrative-procedure-act agency-action deferred-action due-process equal-protection executive-discretion executive-power homeland-security immigration immigration-policy judicial-review standing |
1. Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable.
2. Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is lawful. |
| 18-587 |
Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Regents of the University of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-05 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (5)Relisted (5) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-apa deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-daca department-of-homeland-security-dhs dhs-policy due-process equal-protection executive-power immigration immigration-enforcement immigration-law judicial-review standing |
1. Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable.
2. Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is lawful. |
| 18-557 |
Department of Commerce, et al. v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
Amici (8)Relisted (2) |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action agency-decisionmaker agency-officials discovery executive-branch executive-discretion judicial-review mandamus mental-processes standing |
Whether, in an action seeking to set aside agency action under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 701 et seq., a district court may order disc… |
| 18-555 |
Marquette County Road Commission v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-apa agency-action clean-water-act clean-water-act-cwa environmental-protection epa-veto final-agency-action judicial-review permit-approval state-authority state-permitting wetlands |
Whether an arbitrary and capricious EPA veto of a state-approved CWA § 404 permit, a final agency action that denies the state-approved permit forever… |
| 18-513 |
Lee Mulcahy v. Aspen Pitkin County Housing Authority |
Colorado |
2018-10-22 |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act class-of-one due-process equal-protection exhaustion-doctrine material-facts property-rights |
Can a governmental agency initiating litigation, by virtue of the exhaustion doctrine, be relieved of its obligation to prove the elements of its clai… |
| 18-505 |
In Re United States, et al. |
|
2018-10-18 |
Dismissed |
|
administrative-procedure-act article-iii civil-procedure-standing civil-rights climate-change due-process environmental-advocacy justiciability public-trust-doctrine standing |
1. Whether this suit is justiciable under Article III.
2. Whether this suit should be dismissed for failure to comply with the requirements of the Ad… |
| 18-461 |
Raquel Hinojosa, et al. v. Petra Horn, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-12 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure-act citizenship-claim due-process immigration judicial-review passport passport-denial rusk-v-cort standing |
Whether 8 U.S.C. §§1503(b)-(c) preempts judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act of the denial or revocation of a passport for a United … |
| 18-277 |
Urvashi Bhagat v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2018-09-04 |
Rehearing |
Amici (2)Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
' '35-usc-101" ' 'administrative-procedure-act' ' 'funk-brothers" ' 'myriad-genetics" ' 'patent-eligibility" ' 'patent-system" 35-usc-101 administrative-procedure-act Funk-Brothers Myriad patent-eligibility USPTO |
This petition presents a conflict between the incentive to invent, as the Constitution provides for, and the breadth of patent-eligible subject matter… |
| 18-190 |
Queen's University at Kingston v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-08-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act burden-of-proof due-process enablement inter-partes-review patent-invalidity prior-art |
Does the Federal Circuit's requirement that patent owners negate enablement of prior art in the first instance invert the statutory burden of proving … |